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Date of these obituaries: 08-12-2000
Caden Blincoe, veteran journalist
Caden Blincoe, a veteran Northern Kentucky journalist and tireless advocate for literacy and fine writing, died Friday at Christ Hospital in Cincinnati. He was 66.
Mr. Blincoe was a reporter at the Enquirer. After retiring, he became a freelance writer for The Kentucky Post and other regional papers and was a vital force in the Greater Cincinnati literary community.
"This man loved books and loved reading, and he wanted everyone to be able to read on the same level," said Ray Hebert, Thomas More College dean, who worked with Mr. Blincoe on Blincoe's Outloud reading festival.
Mr. Blincoe was a member of the Northern Kentucky Adult Reading Council, the Cincinnati Writers' Project and the Big Bone Lick Reading Society. He was on the advisory council of the Dinsmore Homestead and was active with the Cincinnati Appalachian Council.
In 1991, Mr. Blincoe persuaded the Adult Reading Council to sponsor a reading festival at which authors and poets read their own works. It was named the Outloud Festival and has become an annual event at Thomas More College.
The festivals celebrated the pure pleasure and genuine fun of reading and writing. Participants included the royalty of Kentucky writers, such as poets laureate James Still and Joy Bale Boone and authors Ed McClanahan and George Ella Lyon, as well as local and regional writers.
In 1993, Thomas More College renamed the festival the Caden Blincoe Outloud Festival.
"Writing was what he was all about," Hebert said. "He wanted everybody to be able to experience good literature, even if they couldn't read."
The college took over sponsor ship of the festival from the Reading Council. No matter who was sponsoring it, Mr. Blincoe was making it work.
"He did all the hustling. He was a journalist for years. He knew everybody," Hebert said. "He would go to libraries. He'd go to the Book Fair, lining up readers."
Mr. Blincoe was soft-spoken and had the manners of a Southern gentleman.
"Caden was a class act in every way," Hebert said.
Mr. Blincoe and his wife, Elizabeth Blincoe, lived in Boone County.
Mr. Blincoe was diagnosed with cancer last year.
Even though his health was failing, he took his usual active role in the Caden Blincoe Outloud Festival last February.
Arrangements are pending at Stith Funeral Home, Florence.
'Bud' Russell: Family his favorite team
Cecil Edward "Bud" Russell was a lifetime athlete who signed a pro football contract with the Detroit Lions in 1946, traveled with the Harlem Globetrotters playing basketball and even had a baseball tryout with the Washington Senators.
Through it all, his favorite team was always his family.
Mr. Russell died at 1:15 p.m. Thursday at his Alexandria home. He was 76.
"He was a wonderful man," said his second wife, Ann Russell. "He was the best father to his own children and to my children. He was kind and friendly and funny, and he never said a dirty word in his life."
While serving in the Navy in the early 1940s, his way with words so impressed a shipmate that the buddy asked Mr. Russell to write his letters to his girlfriend. The girl caught on and asked to meet the real letter-writer.
The girl was Allene Hoffman of Bellevue. She soon became Mrs. Bud Russell, said their daughter, Cheryl Torline of Foster.
They married
in 1943, shortly after Mr. Russell was discharged from the Navy. He then enlisted in the Army. He served his tour of duty and in 1946 signed a contract to play with the Detroit Lions, but a back injury ended hopes of playing pro football, and he re-enlisted.
While serving in Texas, he developed hand-to-hand combat training techniques that were later adopted at West Point. He was on the Fourth Army All Star basketball team, which played against the Harlem Globetrotters. When Mr. Russell was discharged in the 1950s, the Globetrotters recruited him to play on the team they competed with in each town.
Mr. Russell's growing family called Bellevue home, but they often accompanied him on the road. Another injury sent him home to Bellevue to stay.
He was a member of the Asbestos Workers Union and also worked as a policeman in Cincinnati and Campbell County. He bowled and played golf, softball and pool throughout Northern Kentucky.
He retired in 1976 after being diagnosed with asbestosis. He and his wife moved to Florida and returned in 1989 to live in Alexandria. Allene Russell died in 1991. In 1994 he married
Ann.
Mr. Russell was inducted in the Kentucky Sports Hall of Fame in 1992. He developed lung cancer two years ago.
Besides his wife and daughter, other survivors include sons, Tom and Keith Russell of Alexandria; stepdaughters, Vickie Goodwin of Cold Spring and Kelly Dalton of Alexandria; stepsons, Ken Dalton of Fort Mitchell and Rick Dalton of Alexandria; five grandchildren, eight step-grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Alexandria Funeral Home. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Military burial will be at Camp Nelson National Cemetery, Camp Nelson, Ky. Memorials may be made to Hospice of Northern Kentucky.
Mildred Ethel Feinauer, 96, of Crestview Hills, died Thursday at Atria Summit Hills nursing home in Crestview Hills. She was a retired chief nurse with Crile Veterans Administration Hospital in Cleveland and a former operating room supervisor with Christ Hospital, Cincinnati. She was a member of the Christ Hospital Nursing Alumni Association and a past president of the Ohio League of Nursing. She was a World War II veteran, having served in the Army Nurse Corps, and was a winner of the Meritorious Service Award.
Survivors include nieces and nephews.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Christ Church United Church of Christ, Fort Thomas. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Monday at Muehlenkamp-Erschell Funeral Home, Fort Thomas. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Southgate. Memorials are suggested to Christ Church United Church of Christ, 15 S. Fort Thomas Ave., Fort Thomas, Ky. 41075.
Virginia Mullikin Grout, 84, of Covington, died Thursday at Baptist Convalescent Center, Newport.
Arrangements are pending at Allison and Rose Funeral Home, Covington.
Joyce J. Kokendoffer, 50, of Dry Ridge, died at 8:08 a.m. Friday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center Grant County, Williamstown. She was a homemaker.
Survivors include her husband, Roy Kokendoffer; sisters, Virgie Hollon of Mount Sterling, Ruby Conrad of Florence, Dora Bell Paul of Paris and Mary Ada McAvane of Latonia; and brothers, Fred Hollon of Paris and Carl T. Hollon of Owen County.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Elliston-Stanley Funeral Home, Williamstown. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Williamstown Cemetery.
Virginia Lloyd, 69, of Covington, died Friday at St. Luke Hospital West, Florence .
Arrangements are pending at Allison and Rose Funeral Home, Covington.
Daniel Henry Martin, 54, of Covington, died Thursday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South, Edgewood. He was an auto mechanic.
Survivors include a brother, Lee Martin of Newport; and a sister, Alice Houp of Fort Thomas.
Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Evergreen Cemetery, Southgate. Radel Funeral Home, Newport, is handling arrangements.
Callie Mae Meadows, 86, of Carrollton, died at 12:16 a.m. Friday at Green Valley Health and Rehabilitation Center in Carrollton. She worked with show horses and was a member of Carrollton Christian Church. Her husband, Claude "Bud" Meadows, died in 1987.
Survivors include a daughter, Peggy Ann Hassel of Howell, Mich.; and a son, Delmar "Bob" Meadows, also of Howell.
Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. today at IOOF Cemetery, Carrollton. Graham-Dunn Funeral Home, Carrollton, is handling arrangements.
Dani Danielle Price, 13, of Ludlow, died Wednesday at her home.
Arrangements are pending at Radel Funeral Home, Newport.
Anna Lou Robey, 51, of Norwood, Ohio, formerly of Dayton, died at 7:03 p.m. Thursday at her home.
Survivors include sons, Michael Robey of Crestview Hills, Mark Robey and Nicholas Robey, both of Norwood; brothers, Ronnie Rice of Norwood, Johnny Francis of Covington, Larry Francis of Hazard and Albert Lee Francis of Cincinnati; sisters, Carol Eppert of Goshen, Ohio, Rhea Smith of Erlanger and Tammy Francis of Newport; and eight grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Connley Brothers Funeral Home, Latonia. Visitation will begin there at 1 p.m. Monday. Burial will be in Floral Hills Cemetery, Taylor Mill. Memorials are suggested to the charity of the donor's choice.
Woodrow W. Ross Sr., 83, of Walton, died Friday at St. Luke Hospital West, Florence.
Arrangements are pending at Chambers and Grubbs Funeral Home, Walton.
